Ebstorf
Encyclopedia
Ebstorf is a municipality
in the district of Uelzen
, in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. It is situated approx. 12 km northwest of Uelzen
, and 25 km south of Lüneburg
.
Ebstorf was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Altes Amt Ebstorf
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the district of Uelzen
Uelzen (district)
Uelzen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Gifhorn, Celle, Heidekreis, Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt...
, in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated approx. 12 km northwest of Uelzen
Uelzen
Uelzen is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality....
, and 25 km south of Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
.
Ebstorf was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Altes Amt Ebstorf
Altes Amt Ebstorf
Altes Amt Ebstorf is a former Samtgemeinde in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the village Ebstorf...
.